Empire and science in the making : Dutch colonial scholarship in comparative global perspective, 176...
Empire and science in the making : Dutch colonial scholarship in comparative global perspective, 176...
Empire and science in the making : Dutch colonial scholarship in comparative global perspective, 1760-1830 / edited by Peter Boomgaard.
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New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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H 2015/3699
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English
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Physical content
xi, 302 pages ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: From the Mundane to the Sublime : Science, Empire, and the Enlightenment, 1760s-1820s / Peter Boomgaard -- Science and the Colonial War-State : British India, 1790-1820 / David Arnold -- Collecting and the Pursuit of Scientific Accuracy : The Malaspina Expedition in the Philippines, 17...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2013.
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Summary
"By the dawn of the 19th century, the Netherlands had established colonies and trading posts across Asia and the rest of the world, linking them directly to international networks of intellectual exchange and production. Drawing on extensive new research, and bringing much new scholarship before English readers for the first time, this wide-ranging...
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Empire and science in the making : Dutch colonial scholarship in comparative global perspective, 1760-1830 / edited by Peter Boomgaard.
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Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology.
Includes bibliographical references.
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H 2015/3699
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74VK7OZwBKPd
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ISBN
1137334010 (hardback : alkaline paper)
9781137334015 (hardback : alkaline paper)
DDC
509.171249209033
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991022778509702626
